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Standard 2

Teachers know how children grow.


 * // The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development. //


 * Evidence 1:**

Final Grant Proposal for Technology Integration


 * Rationale 1:**

This standard was applied to the foundation of a grant my peers and I had selected to write for our Kindergarten through 8th grade classes at All Saints Catholic School. As our school integrates more technology, the need for more technological devices arises in the classroom. Our grant focused on funding the implementation of 10 Kindle Fire devices and 10 Chromebooks. The Kindle Fire devices were selected for the lower elementary students for many reasons. These reasons included: Size, weight, durability, ease of use, educational functionality for that age level, portability and price. As we considered devices for the upper elementary students, we focused more on internet accessibility, word processing programs, e-mail access, wireless features, battery life, and the functionality of the device given the student’s ages. As a cohort, we selected Chromebooks for the students as we felt this met their needs as learners the best.

As educators, we knew the devices needed to fit the students various learning needs, responsibility level/maturity and their body size and capabilities. It would be extremely difficult for primary level students to use Chromebook for what they need to accomplish in regards to academics. However, a Kindle Fire would limit the older aged students from completing necessary learning tasks. Even though the grant was not rewarded to us, through donations and other means of funding a few of these devices were purchased to be implemented into the classrooms and work very effectively for the learning needs presented.


 * KSD**


 * 2.K.3 The teacher is aware of expected developmental progressions and ranges of individual variation within each domain (physical, social, emotional, moral, and cognitive), can identify levels of readiness in**


 * learning, and understands how development in any one domain may affect performance in others.**


 * In choosing to write this grant for a wide age group, the group of educators I worked with put the students development needs firsts. We had a very clear understanding of what each age level was capable of using in regards to technological devices and what learning needs needed to be accomplished. This krnowledge helped us select device suitable for all learners at school.


 * 2.S.2 The teacher stimulates student reflection on prior knowledge and links new ideas to already familiar ideas, making connections to students’ experiences, providing opportunities for active engagement, manipulation, and testing of ideas and material, and encouraging students to assume responsibility for shaping their learning tasks.**


 * The focus of this grant was to provide technological devices so students could take more of an active role in their learning as well as develop responsibility for what they learn. By providing students with more responsibility in their education, students can express their knowledge and ideas using different avenues and create a more students-centered curriculum.


 * 2.D.1 The teacher appreciates individual variation at each developmental level and shows respect for the diverse talents of all learners, and is committed to help them develop self-confidence and competence.**


 * The idea of integrating technological devices at the lower elementary level was intended to slowly introduce the students to using technology as a part of learning experience to better prepare them for their future learning and life in general. The upper elementary integration was to better provide for the technology needs they faced and to gain more competencies within the world of technology.